Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Holy Trinity
Reference
C115.01
Place
CORNFORTH
Map ref
NZ 302344
Original Location
Holy Trinity Church, The Green. In the nave.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 21st July 1921 by Bishop Henson of Durham.
Memorial Description
Plaque 3 feet high x 2 feet wide on oak pattress 4 inches wider all round. There is a wide border of leaves. The names are listed in three columns. The dedication is in elongated serif capitals, the names in plain lower case, and the quotation at the bottom in elongated serif capitals.
Materials used
Brass on oak pattress.
Inscription
The East Window in the church / and this brass / were erected by parishioners and friends / to the Glory of God and in imperishable / memory of those men who from this parish / gave their lives for their country in the / Great War 1914-1919.
Greater love hath no man than that he lay down his life for his friends.
Greater love hath no man than that he lay down his life for his friends.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
The Metallic Co., Newcastle.
Notes
1. “Motored to Cornforth where I dedicated a memorial in the mean little parish church. The parson, Fyffe, did not please me though a plausible and garrulous rogue enough.” Henson, 21/7/1921
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Simon Raine
Northern Daily Mail 22/07/1921
Auckland and County Chronicle 28/07/1921
Illustrated Chronicle 23/07/1921 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 23/07/1921 reports unveiling.
Thrislington, Cornforth and West Cornforth Robin Walton, 1981. (On DCRO shelves)
Source of quotation:
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John 15 v 13.
Northern Daily Mail 22/07/1921
Auckland and County Chronicle 28/07/1921
Illustrated Chronicle 23/07/1921 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 23/07/1921 reports unveiling.
Thrislington, Cornforth and West Cornforth Robin Walton, 1981. (On DCRO shelves)
Source of quotation:
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John 15 v 13.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 Holy Trinity (C115.01)
CORNFORTH Holy Trinity Church.
The East Window in the Church
and this brass
were erected by parishioners and friends
to the Glory of God and in imperishable
memory of those men who from this parish
gave their lives for their country in the
Great War 1914-1919.
Bartlett, Charles Glendinning, William Naylor, John
Bell, John G. Gowland, George W. Nelson, Richard
Bell, John Gowland, John T. Nixon, William
Blenkinsop, Arthur Gray, Thomas Norris, Ernest F.
Blower, Ernest Green, Joseph North, Arthur
Booth, Richard Gregory, Samuel North, John
Bowman J. Doughty Grint, Fred. Partlen, John
Bowman William Grint, Robert Peart, Joseph V.
Brown, Michael Hall, Thomas L. Price, John W.
Buddin, James Harrison, Peter M. Purdy, Thomas
Buddin, Joseph Henderson, Robert Purdy, Wilfred
Carr, William Heron, John V. Pyburn, John
Chatt, George Heron, Robert Redden, John
Chisholm, Thomas P. Hill, Roland. Robinson, Ernest P.
Clark, Thomas Hodgson, David Robinson, George
Close, Joseph Hodgson, Sidney Rowcroft, William
Cole, Joseph Hopper, James Rossiter, Eli
Cole, Thomas Hunter, James C. Rossiter, Thomas
Cole, William James, Robert Routledge, Harry
Connor, Joseph Jennings, Charles A. Scorer, William
Crosby, Thomas Johnson, Joseph W. Scott, William P.
Dixon, James Kell, Matthew Sheldon, Tom
Dixon, William Kell, Thomas (1) Smith, Frederick
Doran, John Kell, Thomas (2) Thirlaway, D. Thompson
Dyke, George Laidler, John G. Todd, William (1)
Eltringham, Michael Laverick, William Todd, William (2)
Emmerson, William Liddle, Charles Walton, John G.
Ferguson, Henry Lynn, John W. Ward, Thomas
Ferguson, Thomas MacCallum, Alexander Wilby, John
Ferry, William Moffett, (sic) George Wilby, William H.
Fleetham, Joseph Mould, Alexander Wilson, Edward
Frith, Robert Murray, Thomas Wright, George W.
Young, James
“Greater love hath no man than that he lay down his life for his friends.”
Names C115.01
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